Saratoga County Water Authority

John E. Lawler - Chairman

Chariman Lawler has served as Supervisor of the Town of Waterford since 1994 and was elected to his 13th term in 2019.  Previous to that he served as a Waterford Town Councilman and Town of Waterford Planning Board Chairman.  He served as Chairman of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors in 2000 and has chaired or served on a number of County committees.  Mr. Lawler is Senior Vice President of SEFCU and holds his series 6 NASD license as well as his NYS insurance licenses. Mr. Lawler holds an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Timothy Szczepaniak - Vice Chairperson   

Mr. Szczepaniak  is a former Ballston Town Supervisor and was previously a Town of Ballston Board member for 10 years.  Mr. Szczepaniak currently is employed by Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory.  He holds a degree in Criminal Justice from Southern Vermont College Bennington.  Mr. Szczepaniak has served the Town of Ballston and County of Saratoga in many capacities and is the current chairman of the EDC for Ballston.  He is also a member of the Elks Club of Saratoga and the Schenectady Veterans Association.

Philip C. Barrett - Treasurer 

Mr. Barrett serves as the Clifton Park Town Supervisor and joined the Board in January of 2020.  Mr. Barrett is currently serving his tenth term as Clifton Park Town Supervisor.  Mr. Barrett graduated from Providence College, where he received a ROTC Scholarship.  Lessons learned as an Army Officer and invaluable experience attained through working in the private sector prepared Mr. Barrett for his time as a government executive.  In the private sector, he most recently worked as a VP for Key Bank. 

Theodore T. Kusnierz, Jr. - Deputy Treasurer 

Mr. Kusnierz currently serves as the Supervisor to the Town of Moreau and joined the Board in January 2020.  He previously served as Chief of Staff and Director of Policy and Operations for New York State Senator Patty Ritchie.  Mr. Kusnierz served on the Moreau Town Board for 16 years, has been a Republican state committee member, was the first state Senate appointee to the Historic Saratoga-Washington on the Hudson Partnership, and is on Crandall Public Library’s strategic five-year planning committee.  A native of Moreau, Kusnierz co-owns Candy Cane Farm, a 255-acre family-run landscape and Christmas tree plantation, which also houses 50 head of registered black angus cattle.

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Arthur J. Johnson

Mr. Johnson previously served as the Wilton Town Supervisor from 2002 to 2020.  Mr. Johnson also was previously the Town Assessor and Town Councilman for the Town of Wilton.  Mr. Johnson is retired from the NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance after 34 years of service.  He has served on several committees for the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors, as well as Chairman of the Economic Development Committee and the Empire Zone Administrative Board.  Mr. Johnson holds an accounting degree from Albany Business College and has attended SUNY Albany.

Darren O'Connor

Mr. O'Connor was appointed Town Supervisor in 2018. He also serves as a member for Community Affairs in the Town of Malta in 2016.  Mr. O'Connor is currently Of Counsel at the Law Firm of Allen & Desnoyers in Albany, NY and brings a wealth of legal expertise to the SCWA Board.   He has worked as a staff and supervising attorney for Legal Aid, clerk to NY Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye, a litigator with Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City, Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Counsel to the NY State Police.  Mr. O'Connor holds a BA Degree and a JD Degree from Fordham University.

Robert D. Wilcox, Esq.

Mr. Wilcox is a resident of Clifton Park and joined the Board in January of 2021.  Mr. Wilcox has previously served as legal counsel to the Clifton Park Water Authority and Saratoga County Sewer District #1. He currently serves as counsel to the Clifton Park Planning Board.  Mr. Wilcox is a former board member of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon Public Library and Clifton Park IDA.  Mr. Wilcox holds a BA from Boston College, MA (Crim. Justice) from SUNY Albany and JD from Western New England University.

Each member of the Board of Directors is appointed to a two year term by the chairperson of the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.

The current terms of office for each member are as follows:

Philip C. Barrett - January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021.

Arthur J. Johnson - January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022

Theodore T. Kusnierz, Jr. - January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021

John E. Lawler - January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021

Darren O'Connor - January 1, 2020to December 31, 2021

Timothy Szczepaniak - January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022

Robert D. Wilcox - January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022